1a small piece or amount of something, especially one that is left over after the greater part has been used:I scribbled her address on a scrap of paperscraps of information
(scraps) bits of uneaten food left after a meal:he filled Sammy’s bowls with fresh water and scraps
used to emphasize the lack or smallness of something:there was not a scrap of aggression in himevery scrap of green land is up for grabs by development
a particularly small thing of its kind:she was wearing a short black skirt and a tiny scrap of a top
2 (also scrap metal) [mass noun] discarded metal for reprocessing:the steamer was eventually sold for scrap
[often as modifier] any waste articles or discarded material:we’re burning scrap lumberhe painted scenes on cardboard shirt boxes and other scrap material
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discard or remove from service (a redundant, old, or inoperative vehicle, vessel, or machine), especially so as to convert it to scrap metal:a bold decision was taken to scrap existing plant
abolish or cancel (a plan, policy, or law):he supports the idea that road tax should be scrapped
